OP can you clarify, are you asking about, say, slavery-era USA, or where/when? Thanks

Yes, here are two examples: Chang and Eng Bunker, the famous so-called "Siamese Twins" of the 19th century, eventually settled in North Carolina and owned a plantation and slaves. See the catalog record for this collection of documents in the UNC Library's Southern Historical Collection: http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/b/Bunker,Chang_and_Eng.html